IP Library Granted Patent US 8,917,672
Granted Patent B2
US 8,917,672 · App. 14/243,630 · Granted Dec 23, 2014

MIMO reception device and MIMO reception method

Inventors: Seigo Nakao (Kanagawa, JP); Masayuki Hoshino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04L5/0055H04B7/0434H04B7/0623H04L1/1829H04L1/1861H04B7/024H04L1/1628H04W72/0406H04B7/0413H04J11/0033H04W28/04H04L1/18
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Patent No.
US 8,917,672
App. No.
14/243,630
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a MIMO transmission device and a MIMO transmission method which can improve reception quality of a response signal. A terminal ( 100 ) as the MIMO transmission device maps a first and a second element of the ACK/NACK signal vector formed from ACK/NACK signals onto a first and a second stream, respectively, and transmits the elements contained in a 2SC-FDMA symbol in a single slot. In the terminal ( 100 ), a response signal vector formation unit ( 140 ) forms [a·S ack , 0] as the ACK/NACK signal vector in a first SC-FDMA symbol and [0, a·S ack ] as an ACK/NACK signal vector in a second SC-FDMA symbol. A precoding unit ( 165 ) uses a unitary matrix to precode the ACK/NACK signal vector formed in the response signal vector formation unit ( 140 ).

Claims (35)

1. An integrated circuit for controlling a process comprising:

forming a plurality of ACK/NACK signal vectors based on a signal indicative of ACK/NACK, the plurality of ACK/NACK signal vectors including a first ACK/NACK signal vector and a second ACK/NACK signal vector different from the first ACK/NACK signal vector;

generating a first stream using a first sequence, the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector, and to generate a second stream using a second sequence different from the first sequence, the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector; and

transmitting the first stream and the second stream that are spatial-multiplexed.

2. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a combination of elements included in the first ACK/NACK signal vector is different from a combination of elements included in the second ACK/NACK signal vector.

3. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a phase of the first ACK/NACK signal vector is different from a phase of the second ACK/NACK signal vector.

4. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector includes an element which is the same as said signal indicative of ACK/NACK and another element which is different from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

5. The integrated circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the other element is generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

6. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector includes a first element and a second element, which are both the same as said signal indicative of ACK/NACK, and the second ACK/NACK signal vector includes a first element which is the same as said signal indicative of ACK/NACK and a second element which is generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

7. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector includes a first element which is generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK and a second element which is not generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

8. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector is mapped on a first symbol and the second ACK/NACK signal vector is mapped on a second symbol, the first and second symbols being included in one subframe.

9. The integrated circuit according to claim 8 , wherein, in said one subframe, the first symbol is a symbol immediately before a reference signal and the second symbol is a symbol immediately after the reference signal.

10. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are respectively mapped repeatedly on corresponding symbols in one subframe.

11. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are respectively replicated, and the replicated ACK/NACK signal vectors are transmitted on the first stream and the second stream by being spatial-multiplexed.

12. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first stream and the second stream do not include an element that is zero.

13. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector is orthogonal to the second ACK/NACK signal vector.

14. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are mapped around a reference signal on each slot in one subframe.

15. The integrated circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are mapped by overwriting data.

16. An integrated circuit for controlling a process comprising:

receiving a first stream and a second stream that are transmitted from a transmission apparatus and that are spatial-multiplexed, wherein, the first stream is generated using a first sequence, a first ACK/NACK signal vector and a second ACK/NACK signal vector different from the first ACK/NACK signal vector, and the second stream is generated using a second sequence different from the first sequence, the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector, each of the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector being formed based on a signal indicative of ACK/NACK; and

detecting said signal indicative of ACK/NACK based on the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector.

17. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein a combination of elements included in the first ACK/NACK signal vector is different from a combination of elements included in the second ACK/NACK signal vector.

18. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein a phase of the first ACK/NACK signal vector is different from a phase of the second ACK/NACK signal vector.

19. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein each of the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector includes an element which is the same as said signal indicative of ACK/NACK and another element which is different from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

20. The integrated circuit according to claim 19 , wherein the other element is generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

21. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein: the first ACK/NACK signal vector includes a first element and a second element, which are both the same as said signal indicative of ACK/NACK; and the second ACK/NACK signal vector includes a first element which is the same as said signal indicative of ACK/NACK and a second element which is generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

22. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein each of the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector includes a first element which is generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK and a second element which is not generated from said signal indicative of ACK/NACK.

23. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector is mapped on a first symbol and the second ACK/NACK signal vector is mapped on a second symbol, the first and second symbols being included in one subframe.

24. The integrated circuit according to claim 23 , wherein, in said one subframe, the first symbol is a symbol immediately before a reference signal, and the second symbol is a symbol immediately after the reference signal.

25. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are respectively mapped on corresponding symbols in one subframe repeatedly.

26. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are respectively replicated, and the replicated ACK/NACK signal vectors are transmitted on the first stream and the second stream by being spatial-multiplexed.

27. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the first stream and the second stream do not include an element that is zero.

28. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector is orthogonal to the second ACK/NACK signal vector.

29. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are mapped around a reference signal on each slot in one subframe.

30. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the first ACK/NACK signal vector and the second ACK/NACK signal vector are mapped by overwriting data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 038299/0156 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2008-195361 · Jul 29, 2008 · national
JP 2009-006967 · Jan 15, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13926892 · Jun 25, 2013
Continuation 13002262
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